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Eusébio Macário: História Natural e Social de uma Família no Tempo dos Cabrais (Portuguese Edition)
Eusbio Macrio Histria Natural e Social de uma Famlia no Tempo dos Cabrais - Portuguese Edition Author:Camilo Castelo Branco A satire of the Naturalist and Realist novels of Eça de Queirós and Émile Zola, according to some critics Eusébio Macário is perhaps too successful, and one of the best examples of Portuguese realism. Eusébio Macário is a pharmacist in the city of Basto. A widower, he has two grown children, José Fístula and Custódia. His good friend, Father ... more »Justino, has a lover, Felicia, whose brother, Bento, has returned to Portugal after becoming rich in Brazil over several years. Bento falls for Custódia, who marries him for his money, and the couple move to Porto. Felicia soon follows, abandoning Father Justino, who finds another lover. In Porto, Felicia meets and eventually marries José Fiístula.« less